Coarse angling reports

Regular coarse angling reports from all around Ireland featuring match and festival updates, as well a general news from popular and less well known venues.

A typical net of Roger Island Roach

Good quality coarse angling for Banagher Angling Week

Banagher Angling Week 24th to 29th April 2016 Sunday 24th April saw numerous English and Irish anglers pegged along the banks of the Shannon for...

Lovely day and great fishing at Oaklands, New Ross

Adrian Browne of Oakland Lake Fishery reports on the fishing at Oaklands during the week: On Friday Steve Hunter enjoyed a good day with some...
Concra Wood, Muckno

Feeder best option at Ballybay open on Muckno

On Sunday 14 anglers went to the draw bag this morning at Lough Muckno for the Ballybay Anglers Open match at Concra wood. the...

Dave Brettel wins 2016 Killeshandra Festival

Congratulations to Ireland regular Dave Brettel on his win at the 2016 Killeshandra Festival. Fished on local County Cavan venues including Derries, Derreskit &...
Cathal Hughes

Cathal Hughes wins Bobby Smithers Erne Open with 17.5kg

Records continue to be broken as weights are up 5kg year on year for the Bobby Smithers Erne Open. In the end 185 anglers fished...
tench

Terrific tenching at Lanesborough, fish to 6lb 4oz landed

Paul Waghorne reports that there was was really good tench fishing over the weekend at Lanesborough and that the fishing continued to impress this morning... Saturday,...
Catch from Castlefore Lough

Lovely bream around 5lbs in Leitrim waters

Dave Haughton of Active Irish Angling reports: John Bent has moved from the seaside resort of Wexford and dipped his toes into the waters of lovely...
The Garbolino Team Ireland winners of the International Feeder Friendly Challenge

The 2nd annual International Feeder Friendly took place on Garadice Lake

Alice Murtagh IFI from the Corlesmore office reports: Coarse fishing remains slow because of cold weather conditions. However good Pike fishing is reported to be...
Tuam angler Pat Lowry with a large Rudd and hybrid caught last night.

Miserable conditions at Lanesborough puts brakes on coarse fishing

After last week's high's the fishing at Lanesborogh was stopped in its tracks by some really unpleasant weather. Paul Waghorne has all the details... On...
Day 1 Lough Sillan May Day Open

Hard going at Lough Sillan May Day Open

Fishing was very, very tough on Day 1 of the two day Lough Sillan May Day Open on beautiful Lough Sillan on May 1. Only a...